Selfie Deaths

Two social media influencers drowned to death after they refused to wear life jackets on a speedboat that sank off the Brazilian coast.

Srikant Satre, 23, and two of his friends had gone to see a wild elephant where he was attacked and killed.

Amber Potter, 23, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for causing the death of 64-year-old David Sinar in a car crash while sending selfies and messages on her phone.

Mexican outlets said the woman was in her 20s and said she was with her son and children from a nearby school.

The mystery behind the death of a man was solved after a thief was captured on a train passenger's phone in Maharashtra's Kalyan. The thief, identified as Akash Jadhav, tried to slap a passenger's phone out of his hand on Tuesday while he was filming

Attempting to click a selfie with a lion has led to a man being mauled to death at the Tirupati zoo on Thursday.

A 24-year-old man died after falling off a bridge while taking a selfie in a village under the Nagal Police Station in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district, police said on Friday.

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will lead the tributes on Tuesday as Brazil says a final farewell to football legend Pele.

A 42-year-old man died after falling into a trench while taking a selfie from a cliff near Vainda rock mine in Aravallis on the Gurugram-Faridabad road, police said Sunday.

A man in Delhi was allegedly hit on the head with a hammer by his tenant who then took a selfie with his body before running away from the house. The incident came to light the next day after the landlord's son got suspicious when the accused called

A 16-year-old boy died after he was electrocuted when he came in contact with a high-tension electricity cable while attempting a selfie on top of a stationary train engine. The incident happened at Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur railway station.

At least 60 people have been killed by lightning in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan as part of these states witnessed scattered rainfall on Sunday. Eleven of them died while taking selfies in front of the 12th century palace in the Rajasthan capital.

Taking selfies in unsafe ways is a major problem in India and the district of Dang in Gujarat is taking action with a one-month jail term and a Rs. 200 fine, according to reports.

A 21-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant at a village in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district on Sunday when he was trying to take a selfie with the animal, a forest official said.

A 16-year-old boy was burnt to death after coming in contact with high-tension overhead wires while taking photos atop a goods train in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district, an RPF officer said on Monday.

Two social media influencers drowned to death after they refused to wear life jackets on a speedboat that sank off the Brazilian coast.

Srikant Satre, 23, and two of his friends had gone to see a wild elephant where he was attacked and killed.

Amber Potter, 23, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for causing the death of 64-year-old David Sinar in a car crash while sending selfies and messages on her phone.

Mexican outlets said the woman was in her 20s and said she was with her son and children from a nearby school.

The mystery behind the death of a man was solved after a thief was captured on a train passenger's phone in Maharashtra's Kalyan. The thief, identified as Akash Jadhav, tried to slap a passenger's phone out of his hand on Tuesday while he was filming

Attempting to click a selfie with a lion has led to a man being mauled to death at the Tirupati zoo on Thursday.

A 24-year-old man died after falling off a bridge while taking a selfie in a village under the Nagal Police Station in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district, police said on Friday.

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will lead the tributes on Tuesday as Brazil says a final farewell to football legend Pele.

A 42-year-old man died after falling into a trench while taking a selfie from a cliff near Vainda rock mine in Aravallis on the Gurugram-Faridabad road, police said Sunday.

A man in Delhi was allegedly hit on the head with a hammer by his tenant who then took a selfie with his body before running away from the house. The incident came to light the next day after the landlord's son got suspicious when the accused called

A 16-year-old boy died after he was electrocuted when he came in contact with a high-tension electricity cable while attempting a selfie on top of a stationary train engine. The incident happened at Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur railway station.

At least 60 people have been killed by lightning in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan as part of these states witnessed scattered rainfall on Sunday. Eleven of them died while taking selfies in front of the 12th century palace in the Rajasthan capital.

Taking selfies in unsafe ways is a major problem in India and the district of Dang in Gujarat is taking action with a one-month jail term and a Rs. 200 fine, according to reports.

A 21-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant at a village in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district on Sunday when he was trying to take a selfie with the animal, a forest official said.

A 16-year-old boy was burnt to death after coming in contact with high-tension overhead wires while taking photos atop a goods train in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district, an RPF officer said on Monday.